soul of baseball

Chapter 220
圣路易斯勇士的打线：1棒CF沈秦；2棒1B普伊铬；3棒2B坎贝尔；4棒3B马塞尔；5棒C席迪亚；6棒SS寇驰；7棒RF皮拉尔；8棒CF帕尼亚；9棒P林多。

To be honest, before this, Shen Qin only thought that the school's baseball team was strong, but he had no idea how strong it was.

It wasn't until now when I saw the bats that I realized it: from my own to the ninth bat, Guan seemed to have no gaps in the statistics, and even the last pitcher was not weak in bats.Comparing the previous teams, it is more obvious. At least there will be no obvious gap between the later stage and the previous stage.

I couldn't help muttering in my heart: No wonder he agreed to change Coach so readily.

Shen Qin walked up to the strike zone and looked at the catcher habitually: eh?acquaintance?
In fact, Shen Qin has seen the starting list of the Springfield Sparrow, but there are too many people with the same name and surname here, and it is impossible to match the face just by looking at the name. I didn't expect it to be the former catcher in the Little League. stuffed.

You should say hello, right?Shen Qin pursed his lips and smiled.

Embarrassed~ Hehe~ Jose turned his head and squatted down without even showing an expression.

Uh~ okay!Shen Qin knew that he was not very popular, so he comforted himself and focused his attention on the pitcher's mound.

The Sparrow's starting pitcher, Ed, is very special. He is not tall, does not look strong, and even has underdeveloped forearms.

Such a pitcher should not be good at throwing high drop balls, right?
To Shen Qin's surprise, Ed's first ball was a curveball.

boom!
nice shot!

The ball could be hit, but Shen Qin didn't hit it because he was shocked.

Shen Qin thinks he is very familiar with the curveball, because the current ace pitcher Wainwright in the Yuri team is good at the curveball. He and the Dodgers ace left-hander Kershaw are considered to be the best curveball in the major leagues. Good two.

As a shooting partner, Wainwright and Yuri think that the relationship is very good, and they often come to play at home, and have a lot of contact with Shen Qin, so naturally they have the opportunity to observe the perfect curve ball up close. .

Of course, Ed's curveball completion is incomparable to Wainwright's, but they have one thing in common, the release point!Their release points are very similar.

Shen Qin remembered that Wainwright said that the reason why his curveball is so good is that the point of release must be in front of his own people at that moment.About the distance of one swing arm, don't blindly pursue the height.

In order to increase the visual drop of the ball and blur the release point for the batter, many pitchers will release the ball above the person's head.

This is the big no-no for the curveball.

But let alone high school and college players, even major league pitchers, most of them don't know this.

Ed did this perfectly, so Shen Qin felt strange, is there a very good coach?

Another curveball!

Pong!
The outside world.

Two good shots from Ed

Shen Qin stepped out of the strike zone and swung the stick. The ball spun so much that it would be very difficult to hit it well.

What about the next ball?What ball?Will it still be a curveball?
Walking back to the strike zone again, although Shen Qin was still staring at the strike zone, his attention fell on the catcher. For a catcher with a personality like Jose, do you want him to listen to the pitcher?

Don't be kidding, it's impossible.Therefore, the initiative of matching the ball is in Jose's hands.

Will it be with a curveball or something else?
Moved!

Jose's body moved, with his left foot sideways in front and his right foot squatting behind.Slightly inclined to the left play area!
Returning from the corner of the eye, it will not be a curveball, otherwise it will not be easy to catch with this posture.

As a catcher, Shen Qin has a good understanding of what kind of posture is the most comfortable for squatting to catch the ball. If he thinks it is a rare posture based on his ability to predict in advance, then other catchers must be more difficult.

Definitely not a curveball!

This angle!

As a right-hander, you can exclude all change balls that fall to the right-hand area!
Catcher to the left ~ decoy!

Definitely a straight ball!
The bat above Shen Qin's shoulder shook even more!
opportunity!

The opportunity is coming!

The white ball hits quickly, low ball!

Shen Qin didn't intend to let go of this ball that pressed the strike and brought the bottom line!
The bat draws a big arc~
"Bang!!!"

The ball is fast!Well placed!

He didn't escape Shen Qin, who was swinging his bat very fast.

The ball was scooped out heavily, high and far away~ reflected the lights of the stadium and flew towards the center field~ straight down the field!

Home run!
First hit home run!

The St. Louis Warriors take the lead!

Shen Qinxiao waved his fist in front of his chest and ran around the arena~
"Shh~~"

"Shh!!!!"

Boos!Resounding throughout the pitch.

Shen Qin froze for a moment, then lowered his head a little blushing, he didn't expect that his first away game would be greeted with boos from the audience, a little embarrassed and a little shy.

I'm very sorry.

The teammates in the waiting room all rushed out, standing outside the court bouncing and cheering for Shen Qin.

This one patted the head, that one bumped his fists, and the booing was completely ignored.

Shen Qin asked Kou Chi with a blushing face until he was let off by his teammates and sat back on the bench: "Is there no one who supports our Warriors on the court? They all boo me like this."

Coach couldn't stop laughing: "This is Springfield City, isn't it the home field for their Springfield sparrows? Hush well, if you are not good, who will boo you?"

Kou Chi said with a serious face: "You are right to hit the first bat. Your bat is very strong. It's okay now. If you become famous in the future, others will understand you more and more. Naturally, you will be used in the walk-off tactics. On the body, if you hit the first bat, many times this tactic is useless."

Shen Qin blinked: "I said earlier that it's not because of you! Ahaha~"

Coach was not amused at all: "Seriously, you should pay attention to yourself. Seeing that you are in such a good state today, you will have a chance to hit the base. Pay attention when you run the base."

"Understand~"

……

At the same time, Ji Jia, who could only sit near the right field because she came late, stared angrily, her cheers were drowned out by the boos around her, hey hey hey!Stop booing a child like that.

Grandpa Kou Chi, who was sitting next to Ji Jia, was very calm: "This is the first time they have reached the semi-finals, which is understandable."

Ji Jia raised his binoculars and looked at the rest area: "Tsk tsk! My Qin Qin's face is still red."

"Get excited!"

"Shy!" Ji Jia was sure: "Qin Qin always looks cold, but he is actually a shy child. Grandpa should be gentle with him in the future! Grandma will help supervise!"

Coach's grandma is a kind old man, and she just smiled when she heard the old and the young complaining about each other: "It's okay, my family has a thick skin, and I can always take Qin to be less shy in the future. But it's cute, and little boys are like this!"

Ji Jia can't refute this, she also likes Shen Qin's occasional blushing and bewildered appearance, otherwise he always looks like a mature adult, and feels like he is very useless~
Ah~ so cute!Sure enough, boys are going to conquer their opponents on the court!handsome!

"Your family?" The black woman next to her asked with a smile, "It looks so small and powerful!"

"The president is tall and strong!" Ji Jia was sure of it!

　emmm I’ve been writing slowly these days because I’m reading other great masters’ books~ I’m not good at writing, so I’m going to study it~ Don’t worry~
　　
　
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